Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-3-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DIRECT THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH TO REQUIRE THAT EACH FOOD SERVICE EMPLOYEE OF ANY COMMERCIAL FOOD ESTABLISHMENT SHALL RECEIVE A PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND A BLOOD TEST, AND OBTAIN A HEALTH CERTIFICATE VERIFYING THE PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND THE BLOOD TEST, BEFORE BEGINNING EMPLOYMENT AND ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS DURING HIS EMPLOYMENT; TO PROVIDE THAT THE BLOOD TEST SHALL BE TO DETECT THOSE COMMUNICABLE OR INFECTIOUS DISEASES THAT MAY BE SPREAD DURING THE PREPARATION, HANDLING OR SERVING OF FOOD OR DRINK; TO PROVIDE THAT THE HEALTH CERTIFICATE SHALL STATE THAT THE EMPLOYEE HAS RECEIVED A PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND A BLOOD TEST AND THAT THE EMPLOYEE IS NOT A CARRIER OF ANY SUCH COMMUNICABLE OR INFECTIOUS DISEASE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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